H Ezra Mishaniye - חכם עזרה משענייה

Rabbi Ezra Mishanieh taught hundreds, if not thousands, of community youth in
the community’s after-school Talmud Torah how to read and pray, including
cantillations for Torah and Haftara reading.Other great teachers included Hakham Moshe Hidary (Aleph-Bet), Gveret
Nissim (Hebrew Grammar), Mr. Gabriel Shrem (Songs) and others.

Composed by Hakham Ezra Mishaniye for Nissim Franco, Hazzan of Congregation Magen David and subsequently Shaare Zion (Brooklyn, New York), for the occasion of the Bar Misvah of his son, Steve Franco (yeshaya) . It is sung to the Arabic melody of ANI MANI RAYISAH. Can be applied to Odecha or Keter. Bar Misvah on January 19, 1950. LeafletPhotograph of Nathan Nissim Franco